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Subject: Re: The New SSDF List Accurate?

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 20:47:47 09/18/00

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On September 18, 2000 at 18:18:17, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On September 18, 2000 at 17:42:06, odell hall wrote:
>
>>Hello CCC
>>
>>
>>  How many think the new SSDF List is relatively Accurate?  Personally I commend
>>SSDF for doing a outstanding Job, Based on my observations of the grandmaster
>>Challenge and other 40/2 events, I think the list is very reliable.
>>I believe it is safe to say that any top program  running on a K62-450 is 2500
>>elo, or very near.  I think that now that the rating has been significantly
>>lowered, this list will be taken far more seriously in determining Fide rating
>>for Modern Programs. I am curious if some skeptics of the List in the Past,
>>consider the list still to high, or Just about right?  Opinions Welcome
>
>The new adjustment to the SSDF List reflect a more accurate rating for computer
>programs, but one of my friend who is only rated slightly above 2425 have
>defeated my favorite chess program Fritz 6a three times out of 5 games using my
>AMD 500 Mhz with 128 SDRAM, which indicate that in game in 40/2 the best P.C.
>Chess program on the SSDF List is not higher than 2400.
>
>Pichard.


Hi Pichard,

The figures really don't mean much as your friend could play 5 more games and it
could be the other way around in that he might only win 1 or 2 games out of the
next 5 games! My friend who is rated 2345 USCF won a few games in a row and then
came back the next day only to be defeated several games in a row and didn't win
one game that day playing against ChessMaster 6000.
 The moral of the story is that you need tons of games for the data to start to
mean anything at all. The other more important point is that our Master friends
had fun playing against the beasts!

Regards,Terry



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